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ZEISS Digital Innovation Goes Green: Our Strategic Initiative on Sustainability 

This blog article delves into ZEISS’s strategic initiative on sustainability, highlighting their efforts in business operations and sustainable software development. It discusses their goals, progress made so far, and future steps to promote environmental consciousness and resource efficiency.

General
4 min

Improving Healthcare Through User Experience Design in Medical Software Development 

Improving Healthcare Through User Experience Design in Medical Software Development

What is the significance of UX design in the development of medical software, and how can a process-oriented approach of user-centered design be successfully implemented?

This article discusses the multifaceted discipline of UX design in the medical field, highlighting how its application can sustainably enhance treatment outcomes and standards of care.

6 min

Example implementation of a digital twin exchange with the Asset Administration Shell concept

The Asset Administration Shell (AAS) collects relevant information about physical or logical units to ensure efficient production. This article describes a concrete implementation of an example in which an exchange of information between two partners involved is established with the aid of the BaSyx implementation of the AAS v3.

4 min

ZEISS Group’s Salute to Open Source Excellence: The winners of our 3rd FOSS Awards

ZEISS Group celebrates the winners of the FOSS Award 2024 and donates €3,000 per FOSS project. Find out which Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects won the award and why they were chosen.

General
2 min

Cloud-native microservices in monorepos – Part 2

This series highlights the implementation of microservice architectures with monorepos and serverless cloud applications. Part 2 shows how the Nx build system can be used in this context and emphasizes the advantages of monorepos in combination with the appropriate CI/CD structure.

5 min

Cloud-native microservices in monorepos – Part 1

This series highlights the implementation of microservice architectures with monorepos and serverless cloud applications. Part 1 looks at the challenges in managing microservices in a typical multi-repo set-up and suggests integration into monorepos.

Manufacturing Solutions
4 min

Data platforms for Factory 4.0 – make or buy? The foundation for smart production

This blog post examines the role of data platforms in Factory 4.0 and discusses the pros and cons of standard software and customised software. The quality and availability of process data have a crucial bearing on the way that modern digital technologies are implemented. Data platforms are able to collect and provide this data from different sources. Standard software is available and ready to use quickly, but it may not fulfil all the specific requirements. A customised cloud-native solution can be adapted as requirements change and offers a high level of investment security. It also enables several companies to work together on the data platform to create a greater level of added value.

Manufacturing Solutions
4 min

FlaUI, project experience

FlaUI is an open source library for .NET that enables the automation of user interfaces for Windows applications. It is a good choice for testers or developers looking to create automated tests for applications running on the Windows platform. FlaUI features a simple and robust API enabling users to perform most actions that a user would normally perform on the user interface.

Quality Assurance,.NET
4 min

Recipes for test automation (Part 4) – When chaos reigns in the kitchen

When chaos reigns in the kitchen. “Then the cook took the ladle…” A comparison between a kitchen team and a test team aiming to demonstrate the most common problems during testing. In my blog, I discuss possible erroneous decisions and possible solutions to problems.

Quality Assurance
3 min

Cyber-physical systems as a pillar of Industry 4.0

Cyber-physical systems control processes by combining electronics, complex software and network communication. This article introduces characteristics and a suitable model. The article also presents an exemplary interconnected and highly automated manufacturing machine.

Manufacturing Solutions
4 min